80sography - 80s music interviews

2nd part of the chat with Producer/Mixer/Engineer, Phil Harding

6. PET SHOP BOYS

7. STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN (pt 2)

8. MISCELLANEOUS SINGLES

9. CHARITY SINGLES

10. 12" MIXES

80SOGRAPHY QUICK FIRE ROUND

Phil ca…

Phil Harding had his hands in as many hits in the 80s/90s as anyone you care to mention. We will only concern ourselves with the better decade as we look into his career as producer/engineer and mixe…

Second part with Bill discussing more great LP/single artwork courtesy of

Bill Smith Studios...

6. QUEEN (1984)

BSS work with Queen on The Works LP and associated singles. 

Also discussed is other work i…

From the audio to the visual, we delve into the wondrous world of the album sleeve with Bill Smith, of Bill Smith Studios, responsible for some wonderful images in the 80s.

 1. THE JAM (1977-1981)

 Aft…

And our Was (not Was) odyssey comes to an end with the glory years of What Up, Dog? and Walk The Dinosaur alongside working with Elvis Costello, Roy Orbison and Frank Sinatra Jr.

7. WHAT UP, DOG? (198…

Aaaand we are back for part 2 of the magnum octopus that is the David Weiss/Was interview with a cast list including Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna, Mel Torme, Kim Basinger, Bob Dylan, Versace, George Harris…

Next up is an intriguing chat with one half of the Was Brothers (Was (not Was)) (too many brackets), the eternally interesting Mr David Weiss.

We spoke for a looong time so this will end up in three p…

A very special episode with a great guest on a brilliant, underrated classic LP of the 80's, one of my personal favourites, Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon (second only in his back catalogue to Bridge…

Part 2 with keyboard magic-dust provider, ~Andy Richards with more hits, more number ones (including a potential 2 more to make the full 10).

And so much brilliant 80s pop…

5. GEORGE MICHAEL

An opportun…

A great guy, a wonderful chat and a borderline genius of the keyboard, Andy Richards played on seven number ones of the 80s and loads more hits besides (as I attempt to define throughout the conversa…

Parts 6-10 of Billy's 80:10...

 6. UNRELEASED SOLO LP (1983)
 
Inbetween Ultravox albums, an attempt is made at a
solo album. Billy explains why this does not come to pass.
 
 
7. LAMENT (1984)

Another bel…

Part 1 of the 80:10 for Ultravox keyboard player, Billy Currie, with lots of fabulous music discussed in lovely bite-sized pieces.

Part one covers 1-5;


1. FADE TO GREY (1980/81)

After a pre-amble, setti…

Final part of the magnum opus (my favourite ice cream, actually) with DP, DP...

1985

Don Henley - Not Enough Love In The World

Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero

Phil Collins - No Jacket Required T…

More honesty and endeavour from Mr Pearl and we cover just the one year in part 2. And below just a slither, a morsel of the work done in these twelve months.

Enjoy.


1984

U2 - Pride (in the name of love…

And we are back (after a brief hiatus, apologies...) for season 8 and an interview from 2023 I finally get around to releasing (apologies to Mr DP)

As you will find out in these three parts, Daniel Pe…

Finally got round to doing one of these (always have the idea in the summer when it's too late). The best of the guests of 2023.

 TREVOR HORN on "Leave It" - Yes
 PETER COX on his voice
 DAVE BASCOMBE o…

We return to part two of Thomas Dolby's 80:10 with production work with two songwriting icons; one massively successful the other less so, plus playing Live Aid with yet another. Plus lots of film wo…

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Another episode, another format. 80:10 breaks down a guest's 80s into 10 parts - whether a song, album, artist or category. The inaugral guest is the uniquely brilliant Thomas Dolby.

1. NEW TOY (19…

Another day, another great Billy Currie episode - this time another Anatomy of a Song released in 1980 which hit the charts in 1981; the eternally brilliant Fade to Grey by Visage.

Chris Payne on F2G …

Pt 2 of the chat with John including lots more excellent 12" mixes and much more besides (including TWO quickfire rounds...)

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John's favorite film/TV/book/LP/live event of the deca…